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Spotify to let artists post music without labels:
In a move with the power to shake up the music industry, Spotify said Thursday that it will allow select artists to upload songs directly without record labels or distributors.
Spotify, by far the biggest player in the fast-growing format of streaming, said that the feature for now is only in the test phase for select US-based independent artists who have secured their own copyrights.
But the feature, if eventually put to scale, could in the long run drastically change the business decisions for artists who would not need to go through a label or one of the batch of new companies, such as TuneCore, that provide uploading services for independent artists.
Spotify said artists would simply upload their songs to the platform, first seeing a preview of how it will look, with the Swedish company automatically sending royalties each month.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21 2018, @03:57PM (2 children)
The MAFFIA lawyers will take them down right smart
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Friday September 21 2018, @05:49PM
Get your acronyms right... it's called the MAFIAA (Music And Film Industry Association of America)*
* This public service announcement was brought to you by the NMAAA (No More Acronyms Association of America)
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 21 2018, @08:52PM
Doubt they can do it via the courts, but they can simply no longer grant spotify a license for 'their' music. Put them out of business overnight.